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Española has tried everything to stop drug overdoses

Leah Todd Lin

August 16, 2016 |

High Country News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Española, New Mexico

One small town in New Mexico called Española is ahead of the nation in treating opioid-related drug overdoses. The city trains law enforcement officers and community members in treating overdoses, offers needle exchange programs to prevent the spread of diseases, and it has ensured that anti-addiction drugs are readily available.

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Want to Fix U.S. Schools? Look to Native American Communities

Paul Nyhan

August 10, 2016 |

Equal Voice News |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Native American students are 237% more likely to drop out than their white counterparts. Organizations like the Native American Community Academy (NACA), are changing those statistics by creating curricula that focus on tribal identity values. These alterations have proved successful as graduation rates and college attendance have risen among Native American students attending NACA.

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How Malawi Girls Combat Sexual Abuse – Self Defense

Hannah McNeish

July 26, 2016 |

News Deeply |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Malawi, Dedza

Sexual abuse and rape are frequent and accepted parts of the social fabric in Malawi. To combat that, Malawi girls and boys take self defense classes to learn how to avert assault in order to protect themselves and others.

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San Diego Climate Plan Means Big Potential for Jobs

Johnny Magdaleno

July 22, 2016 |

Next City |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

The poorest are the ones living in the most unhealthy neighbourhoods where air particles are more detrimental. The Climate Action Plan is dedicated to using cleantech while also using this as an opportunity for job creation for city's poorest as a way to help them live above the poverty line.

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What will the evidence say about a universal basic income?

Catherine Cheney

July 18, 2016 |

Devex |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Kenya

GiveDirectly is launching this basic income pilot with more than 6,000 Kenyan households for the next 10 to 15 years, building on its experience with unconditional cash transfers and randomized control trials in Kenya and Uganda.

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Off the Shelf

Christine Ro

July 14, 2016 |

The Big Issue |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

The first Human Library emerged in 2000 in Copenhagen, and has since exploded in popularity to the point of operating chapters in more than 70 different countries. The concept is that readers should not judge a book by its cover, so in this library, actual people are the books available to read with titles like "Polyamorous", "Soldier (PTSD)", and "Refugee". The 30-minute "reading sessions" (face-to-face conversations) allow people to learn in a judgement-free zone and put a real person behind the story they are hearing.

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Why Fight Poverty When You Can End It? Padua Project Calls The Nonprofit Bluff

Kavitha Cardoza

June 28, 2016 |

American University Radio (WAMU) |

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Response Location: United States, Fort Worth, Texas

For five decades, tens of thousands of people have fought poverty. Trillions of dollars have been spent, but poverty is a stubborn enemy. In the second part of a five-part series, WAMU’s Kavitha Cardoza tells us about one innovative program in Fort Worth, Texas, that may have cracked the code.

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Poverty is growing in America's largest cities — except this one

Linda Gibbs Robert Doar

June 19, 2016 |

Washington Monthly |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, New York, New York

Poverty is a problem that only seems to be increasing in the United States. New York City, though, was the only one of America's 20 largest cities to achieve a decrease in poverty rates from 2000-2013. This piece is the first in a four-part series on New York’s fight against poverty.

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To manage the stress of trauma, schools are teaching students how to relax

Michael Alison Chandler

June 18, 2016 |

The Washington Post |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Trauma impedes a child's ability to learn as well as making them overly stressed, for children growing up in violent neighbourhoods this translates into poor academic performance. Some schools are now turning to mindfulness, meditation and other techniques to help the students relax and limit the affect trauma has on them.

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A radical approach to gun crime: paying people not to kill each other

Jason Motlagh

June 09, 2016 |

The Guardian |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Richmond, California

Richmond, California’s Office of Neighborhood Safety uses controversial monthly cash stipends among the incentives it gives to young men it’s trying to steer away from street violence. While the program's first years were associated with steep drops in shootings and homicides, critics question whether ONS deserves the credit and whether it can be replicated in other cities. A deep look at how it works finds evidence that it does make a positive difference while operating in a complex arena of advances and setbacks.

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